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December 31, 2005
We have become Bendis ass-kissers!
We are becoming a trio of Bendis ass-kissers here. First we are raving about Daredevil and now we like New Avengers. Yeah, it's uneven in places, but I like what he's doing with Spider-Woman. The latest issue, drawn by Frank Cho, explains the whole mystery behind Jessica's double-agent thing. It involves Nick Fury. Lucky for Bendis, Secret War #5 came out last week so we know what the hell they are talking about. Fury is still in hiding and all the major players of the Secret War need to help him out. We also see how Jessica got her powers back and this was a great little dilemna that Bendis put her in. It's not an instant boost; Jessica has to suffer through surgery. She got a slight power boost because she can fly, not just glide. I also liked Bendis' work on Spider-Woman: Origin. The bit with her mad scientist father was great. (How come Bova, the High Evolutionary's assistant, looks like a human?) This whole return of Spider-Woman really boggles the mind. She's the last hero that I thought would get a second chance. I liked the Chris Claremont issues of her original title. Claremont did a great job building her up into a cool heroine and the art by Steve Leialoha was pretty cool, too. Of course, back then, Jessica had a pretty normal sized chest. I guess when she got her powers rejuvenated by Hydra, they also gave her a boob job. Nuff said.
Comments
I'm not 100% sold on Cho's Marvel pencils, though. His Jessica looks way too much like the female lead from Liberty Meadows (sorta how like every female protagonist in a Kyle Baker comic from the '80s looked exactly the same), and I'm totally not buying his Nick Fury's face: way too smooth.
Posted by: Ron | December 31, 2005 4:09 PM
Is Nick Fury turning into a latter day Howard Huges?
Bendis is not modern anymore.
We need to find the next big thing before I am bored to death.
Did Bendis muck up, or is S.H.I.E.L.D. really under the auspices of the US Government and not the UN?
Posted by: TheNudityBuffer | January 2, 2006 9:54 AM
Hey, why not? I mean as long as you're getting surgery anyway..?
Posted by: David N. Scott | January 4, 2006 12:45 PM
